Definition of Ex Maleficio
Defined variously as from or growing out of wrongdoing; tortious; tortiously; growing out of, or founded on, misdoing or tort; on account of misconduct; by virtue of or out of an illegal act. Synonymous with “malfeasance”. Lucas v. Central Missouri Trust Co., 350 Mo. 593, 166 S.W.2d 1053, 1056. This term is frequently used in the civil law as the synonym of "ex delicto” (q.v.), and is thus contrasted with “ex contractu”. In this sense it is of more rare occurrence in the common law.
That's the definition of Ex Maleficio in Black's Law Dictionary 6th Edition. Courtesy of Cekhukum.com.
